This illustrated guide covers: choosing the best type of scanning device; evaluating source images to determine the best scanning techniques; calibrating and managing colour; scanning and colour reproduction for print, multimedia and video output; professionally adjusting colour, tone and sharpness on the fly; determining optimum image size and resolution; and selecting the most practical file formats for a particular job. The book also includes a glossary of terms and a listing of software and hardware vendor offerings.
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This is a comprehensive guide to working with your scanner and optimizing your scanned images for various types of output, whether print or multimedia. Artists, business people, and hobbyists can learn about scanning devices, color spaces and color management systems, source images, resolution and size, and file formats and compression methods. The book gives both technical and aesthetic guidance and provides a full-color section with examples of images scanned according to various specifications.
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Improve your scanning skills selectively and quickly with this comprehensive and tightly focused book.
Avoid the "garbage in, garbage out" scanning syndrome with this lavishly illustrated book. Authors Sybil and Emil Ihrig draw upon their long-standing professional expertise in publishing, design, and digital prepress to pull out all the stops in this comprehensive, yet compact, guide to professional-quality scanning.
You'll quickly become proficient in:
*Choosing the best type of scanning device for your projects
*Evaluating source images to determine the best scanning techniques
*Calibrating and managing color
*Scanning and color reproduction for print, multimedia, and video output
*Professionally adjusting color, tone, and sharpness on the fly
*Determining optimum image size and resolution
*Selecting the most practical file formats for a particular job
As a bonus, you'll also find a handy glossary of terms and a comprehensive resource directory of software and hardware vendors.
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Clear and concise how-to guide to scanning,
By A Customer
This review is from: Scanning the Professional Way (Paperback)
Unlike many of the computer tomes on the shelves today, this book is a model of brevity and clarity. This 150 page book is only a half inch thick, so its easy to carry and won't exhaust your bookshelf space. It will allow you to quickly understand what you need to know to get a quality scan. The explanations of screen frequency, dpi, lpi, etc. are the clearest I've seen. The images accompanying the text are very useful illustrations of the points in the text. However, if you're looking for a guide to a specfic brand scanner software, this is not the book for you. For the most part though, scanner software commands are quite similar, and this book clearly explain the effects of each
23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent abbreviated source on basics.,
This review is from: Scanning the Professional Way (Paperback)
It's not a very professional posture to adopt, but I really like the personable nature of the text...it's an enjoyable read simply on the basis of its personality!I appreciated a concise comparison of various file type and compression scheme options, and have already recommended the book to one of my customers and one of my competitors. One thing is missing from this book and its genre-a guide on what maximum resolution a variety of media will accomodate. For example, Kodak Safety Film, circa 1965, ASA100, or modern consumer and professional films. Is 5,000spi beyond the capability of particular stock? I suppose that there could be more on scanning older monochrome stock too...but the book is focused and very useable. Strong recommend.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The non-designers scan and print book review,
By Carole Rushton (Melbourrne, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Scanning the Professional Way (Paperback)
This book contains 263 pages packed full of information guarrantteed to get any designer or non-designer off to a good start. The title is a little deceptive however because this book offers so much more than just tips on scanning. In fact it could be accused of being over ambitious. None the less, it is educationally sound in that it starts with the basics and then moves onto more complex issues such as traping and digital proofing. This book is easy to read and the colloquialisms and humour through out make the journey even more pleasurable. Chapter topics include: Know where you are going, the basis of desktop printing, the basics of commercial printing, different types of computer applications, computer colour modes, raster images and resolutions, vector images, file formats, process and colour printing, spot colours and duotones, specifying the number of colours, scanners and scanning, digital cameras and kodak digital CD, stock photos and clip art, fonts and outlines, high resolution output, output specifications, trapping, proofing your job, preflight check list, quizzes and projects. Whew! At just $US24.99 this book represents value for money. Sadly, given its subject matter this book will date quickly. Also, people needing indepth information about any of the topics covered in this book will be dissappointed however, this is something this book does not promise to deliver.
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